The state’s “Section 35″ law allows for the forced addiction treatment of anyone who shows an immediate “likelihood of ...

Most housing authorities in the state have recently stopped issuing new Section 8 vouchers when tenants give them up, and ...

June 22 is perhaps an even more consequential semiquincentennial, even if there are no re-enactors or commemorative gatherings. On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress invented a new currency ...

Extreme humidity and heat will affect around 265 million people across the country this week. Maps show where and when to ...

Days after the jury cleared Karen Read of murder and manslaughter, a state police union is fighting back against “baseless ...

Some legislators and advocates have said Massachusetts is the only state in the country where people facing no criminal ...

Massachusetts’ secretary of state said he has some grave concerns about the accuracy of the next census thanks to mass retirements of officials and current immigration policies — something that could ...

Alfred Duquette, of Bridgewater, is the first $4 million grand prize winner in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s new “100X” ...

Massachusetts legislators have advanced two critical pieces of privacy legislation, so now we have the chance to build an ...

A Brockton murder case was featured on the popular true crime podcast 'Morbid.' Here's how listeners reacted to the killer's potential release.

A winning lottery ticket was a popular story this week. Here's a recap of the most-read Standard Times stories.

In the latest Greater Taunton real estate report, the top-selling home was a classic colonial in Berkley that sold for ...